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RI Insurance Fraud Suspect Seeks Sentencing Delay

The only defendant waiting to learn his punishment for his role in a $40,000 home insurance fraud case in Rhode Island wants his sentencing delayed. Vincent DiPaolo says in court papers filed Tuesday that he wants his sentencing date pushed …

Texas Man Sentenced for Workers’ Compensation Fraud

Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reports that a Travis County district court has sentenced Thomas Mikulenka of League City, Texas, on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The court sentenced Mikulenka to three years’ deferred adjudication and 100 hours of community service. Mikulenka …

Defendant in Massive ID Theft Case Sentenced in Texas

A man who stole approximately 16,000 identities, including those belonging to active duty and reserve U.S. service members, and used them to defraud the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES), was sentenced this week in a Dallas federal court. …

California Hotel Owner Sentenced for Soliciting Arson

The owner of a downtown Oakland residential hotel has been sentenced to prison for hiring someone to try to burn down the hotel. Federal prosecutors say Richard Earl Singer was sentenced to 27 months in prison Wednesday after he pleaded …

Ohio School Bus Driver Sentenced for Work Comp Fraud

A Warren County woman must repay more than $13,000 following an investigation by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) that revealed she was working while collecting workers’ compensation benefits. Pamela Meyers pleaded guilty to a felony count of workers’ …

Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud

Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Derrick F. Crockrom of Houston on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Crockrom was sentenced to 15 days in jail and two years’ deferred adjudication. He was also ordered to …

Ohio BWC Reports 11 Workers’ Comp Fraud Convictions in June

11 individuals were convicted or pleaded guilty to charges related to defrauding Ohio’s workers’ compensation system during the month of June, reported the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). BWC launched recently launched a special investigations Facebook page that can …

Louisiana Man Sentenced in Arson Case

A Ruston man has been sentenced to five years at hard labor in connection with an arson case. The Daily Leader reported that Danny Wayne Moss, 27, withdrew his earlier plea of not guilty in state District Court and entered …

California Hotel Owner Pleads Guilty in Arson Plot

The owner of a downtown Oakland residential hotel has pleaded guilty to trying to hire someone to burn the building down. Forty-four-year-old Richard Earl Singer is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 31 after entering the plea in federal court …

Honor Students Sentenced to Prison in Connecticut Arson

Three college honor students have each been sentenced to 90 days in prison for burning down a vacant warehouse in East Lyme. Christian Bardoli, Matias Francone, and Alexander Tsuji pleaded guilty in New London Superior Court Monday to misdemeanor criminal …